Secret Diaries…..

There comes a time when you hear songs on the radio/ipod that seem to so resemble your life. For example right now the songs I would chose to sum up my time at university would be Frustration, On My Own Again, All By Myself and The Drugs Don’t Work. Don’t worry people, I’m not about to get all suicidal it’s just a mixture of things. Teaching has now caused me to have migrains and with the added stress of this ongoing neccessity for paper work, planning and assignments, paracetamol will only do so much to stop the continuous headache I am trying to overcome. continue reading…

Ohhh baby! I passed all three QTS Skills Tests! If you’re taking yours any time soon the Numeracy is really not as bad as it is made out to be on the TDA website. I still don’t understand the ease that is the Literacy Skills Test but who cares I passed it! continue reading…

Well I got stuck with 55%. What a totally crap score! I had been waiting for a week for my result back from my tutor of my penultimate school placement for my second year at university. I knew I had to get 40% to pass but I had been reassured I was fine. People kept singing my praises telling me how well I had done, how they were so impressed with my ability to actually control the children and earn their respect, to listen to feedback and advice and use it constructivley in my approach to teaching and how I had established a good teacher present. I had even felt a lot better about myself this time. I felt in control. I was the teacher and that was my class. Last placement I had felt like I had been hearded like a stray sheep back to its flock by some lasoo brandashing cowboy and I had no clue what I was doing, no urge to teach my way and no understanding of how the classroom functions on a day to day basis.

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Yes my children! The time has come for me to share my new found wisdom and knowledge of university … specifically for girls. So enjoy! continue reading…